Ron Atkinson slams "worst England team I've seen in a tournament."...
Read More →Big Ron predicted Italy’s win in the last World Cup and also Spain’s triumph in Euro 2008. Who’s he going for in South Africa?...
Read More →It's not just today or yesterday that Big Ron began to bring his influence to bear on the evolution of English language and literature. When Charles Dickens got his big break in the 1830's with...
Read More →No wonder Big Ron was always quick to recognise a double-banking job. Here he is in 1990 managing and commentating on Sheffield Wednesday at the same time. After the Owls proved rather too easy oasy...
Read More →Big orange Ron, the linguistic genius....
Read More →Ron's rather uneconomical alternative for the times when he finds the word 'early' on its own somehow doesn't quite get across the earliness of the situation. In the end, this completely useless phrase became his...
Read More →Where less helpful pundits would talk about the 'far post', Ron - never one to discriminate against the uninitiated - thoughtfully provides a clue as to the location of this post to those not familiar...
Read More →Very much the language's signature piece. A metaphorical prize awarded by Ron when a player he likes makes a perceptive pass. Ron might say: Spotter's badge for Beckham to put Cole clear. Shame about the...
Read More →Excitable Ron's description of a popular football skill, usually performed by a 'tricky' winger. National Institute of Commentating scholars were long convinced that this Ronglish classic owed something to the lollipop stick/trick Cockney rhyming slang...
Read More →Fast-moving Ron is particularly skeptical of the beautiful game's less lively protagonists. The poet of the gantry has a host of barbed dismissals in his locker, but "in installments" is reserved for displays of ground-breaking...
Read More →The rich visual content of the Ronglish vocabulary is showcased with this delightful description of a glancing backward header. Often used in conjunction with 'second post'. While much of Ron's language spread quickly throughout the...
Read More →Ron's gangsta tendencies come to the fore with this succinct description of a powerful shot. Curiously, this is normally used only when, despite the fullness of the gun, the brave custodian manages to thwart the...
Read More →The fledgling language's single most indispensable element. Complex Ronglish syntax rules state that \'tell you what' must preface every exclamation, statement of fact, or off-the-cuff remark. Be warned also that this landmark phrase can signal...
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